16 best-selling nonfiction books like Escape From Corregidor by Edgar D. Whitcomb

Cover of Escape From Corregidor by Edgar D. Whitcomb

Escape From Corregidor

By: Edgar D. Whitcomb

4.39

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

'This is a story of one man's effort for survival - an incredible, fascinating account' - Kirkus Re…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Escape From Corregidor by Edgar D. Whitcomb , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of Crossing the Line: A Bluejacket's Odyssey in World War II by Alvin Kernan

1. Crossing the Line: A Bluejacket's Odyssey in World War II

By: Alvin Kernan

3.50

Format: 185 pages, Paperback

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction

2. Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General

By: Bill O'Reilly , Martin Dugard

5.00

Format: None pages,

Readers around the world have thrilled to Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy, and Killing Jesus--rive… read more

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Cover of With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Paul Fussell, Eugene B. Sledge

3. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

By: Paul Fussell , Eugene B. Sledge

4.47

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

In his own book, Wartime, Paul Fussell called With the Old Breed "one of the finest memoirs to emer… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"Kick him in the balls before he kicks you in yours"

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

"Your soul may belong to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the marines."

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

"War is such self-defeating, organized madness the way it destroys a nation's best."

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

"Would the war dehumanize me so that I, too, could "field trip" enemy dead with such nonchalance?"

-Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

4. Islands of the Damned: A Marine at War in the Pacific

By: William Marvel , None , None

3.64

Format: 288 pages,

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5. The War Below: The Story of Three Submarines That Battled Japan

By: None

3.03

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of the submarine force that helped win World War II by ravaging Japan's merchant… read more

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6. We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam

By: Harold G. Moore , Joseph L. Galloway

3.97

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Each year, the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps selects one book that he believes is both releva… read more

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Cover of Company Commander: The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II by Charles B. MacDonald

7. Company Commander: The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II

By: Charles B. MacDonald

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

As a newly commisioned Captain of a veteran Army regiment, MacDonald's first combat was war at its … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction

8. Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission

By: Hampton Sides

3.66

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected U.S. troops slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. T… read more

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9. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

By: Dava Sobel , Neil Armstrong

3.72

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorni… read more

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Cover of To the End of the Earth: The US Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945 by John C. McManus

10. To the End of the Earth: The US Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945

By: John C. McManus

4.59

Format: 436 pages, Hardcover

From the liberation of the Philippines to the Japanese surrender, the final volume of John C. McMan… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of By Ox Team to California: Crossing the Plains in 1860 by Lavinia Honeyman Porter

11. By Ox Team to California: Crossing the Plains in 1860

By: Lavinia Honeyman Porter

4.21

Format: 107 pages, Kindle Edition

“We then determined to use the small remnant of our fortune to provide a suitable outfit for a leng… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Where Away: A Modern Odyssey by George Sessions Perry

12. Where Away: A Modern Odyssey

By: George Sessions Perry

4.37

Format: 159 pages, Kindle Edition

On 4th February 1942, the USS Marblehead was with an American-British-Dutch-Australian fleet patrol… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
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13. The Long March Home

By: Marcus Brotherton

4.56

Format: 393 pages, Hardcover

Jimmy Propfield joined the army for two reasons: to get out of Mobile, Alabama, with his best frien… read more

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  • world war ii
  • war
Cover of Escape from the Japanese: The Amazing Tale of a PoWs Journey from Hong Kong to Freedom by Ralph Burton Goodwin

14. Escape from the Japanese: The Amazing Tale of a PoWs Journey from Hong Kong to Freedom

By: Ralph Burton Goodwin

4.22

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

Trapped in the depths of Japanese-held territory, it was rare for Allied prisoners of war to attemp… read more

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  • world war ii
Cover of Into the Silk: The Dramatic True Stories of Airmen Who Baled Out — And Lived (Developments in Aviation Book 1) by Ian Mackersey

15. Into the Silk: The Dramatic True Stories of Airmen Who Baled Out — And Lived (Developments in Aviation Book 1)

By: Ian Mackersey

4.24

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

From World War Two to the Jet Age, Ian Mackersey charts the thrilling and personal accounts of airm… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II by Harry H. Crosby

16. A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II

By: Harry H. Crosby

4.58

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

"Written from the unusual perspective of a navigator, this is a compelling account of the air war a… read more

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  • history
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by Mark    Harmon

17. Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

By: Mark Harmon

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account.… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Escape From Arnhem: A Canadian Among the Lost Paratroops (Memoirs from World War Two) by Leo Heaps

18. Escape From Arnhem: A Canadian Among the Lost Paratroops (Memoirs from World War Two)

By: Leo Heaps

4.25

Format: 145 pages, Kindle Edition

The remarkable true story of a Canadian paratrooper’s escape from behind enemy lines following the … read more

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  • history
Cover of Driving the Tide (After Dunkirk #6) by Lee     Jackson

19. Driving the Tide (After Dunkirk #6)

By: Lee Jackson

4.53

Format: 552 pages, Kindle Edition

As the Allies prepare to liberate France at the height of World War II, one family will do everythi… read more

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  • world war ii
Cover of Ambush!: A Seals military adventure by Eric Helm

20. Ambush!: A Seals military adventure

By: Eric Helm

4.30

Format: 172 pages, Kindle Edition

Jump in with the world’s most ruthless fighting unit! Perfect for fans of Andrew Watts, L. T. Ryan,… read more

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21. U-Boat Killer

By: Donald Macintyre

4.25

Format: 217 pages, Kindle Edition

U-Boat Killer, first published in 1956, is an exciting account of a British Royal Navy destroyer in… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Odds of Survival: A Helicopter Pilot's Story by Phillip Ide

22. The Odds of Survival: A Helicopter Pilot's Story

By: Phillip Ide

4.35

Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition

THE ODDS OF The story of an Assault Helicopter pilot's riveting memoir in Vietnam from June 1967 t… read more

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  • military fiction
Cover of Ace in a Day: The Memoir of an Eighth Air Force Fighter Pilot in World War II by Lt Col Wayne K Blickenstaff

23. Ace in a Day: The Memoir of an Eighth Air Force Fighter Pilot in World War II

By: Lt Col Wayne K Blickenstaff

4.50

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

Wayne K. Blickenstaff, known as “Blick,” was a stalwart of the 350th Fighter Squadron of the 353rd … read more

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Cover of Escape From Corregidor by Edgar D. Whitcomb

24. Escape From Corregidor

By: Edgar D. Whitcomb

4.39

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

'This is a story of one man's effort for survival - an incredible, fascinating account' - Kirkus Re… read more

Similar categories in Edgar D. Whitcomb's Escape From Corregidor book and Edgar D. Whitcomb's Escape From Corregidor

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Seven More Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness by Eric Metaxas

25. Seven More Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness

By: Eric Metaxas

4.45

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In this sequel to the enormously successful Seven Men , #1 New York Times bestselling author Eric M… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The 12th Man: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance by Astrid Karlsen Scott

26. The 12th Man: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance

By: Astrid Karlsen Scott

4.40

Format: 450 pages, Kindle Edition

A stunning story of heroism and survival during World War II. The book that inspired the internatio… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Fighter Pilot: The First American Air Ace of World War II by William R. Dunn

27. Fighter Pilot: The First American Air Ace of World War II

By: William R. Dunn

4.17

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

At the age of twelve, American William R. Dunn decided to become a fighter pilot. In 1939 he joined… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Never Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway by N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss

28. Never Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway

By: N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss

4.45

Format: 451 pages, Kindle Edition

Hailed as "the single most effective pilot at Midway" (World War II magazine), Dusty Kleiss struck … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of South From Corregidor: The complete story with new photographs, maps and addendum by John  Morrill

29. South From Corregidor: The complete story with new photographs, maps and addendum

By: John Morrill

4.42

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

Republished by Mike Deal and Tim Deal with new introduction and additional information On the eveni… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
Cover of Guerrilla Wife by Louise Reid Spencer

30. Guerrilla Wife

By: Louise Reid Spencer

4.35

Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition

After the Japanese had invaded the Philippines Louise Reid Spencer and her husband had two They co… read more

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  • autobiography
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Bataan Uncensored by Ernest Miller

31. Bataan Uncensored

By: Ernest Miller

4.17

Format: 536 pages, Kindle Edition

Bataan Uncensored, published in 1949, is the first-hand account by U.S. Army Colonel Ernest Miller … read more

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4.47

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4.23

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